I don’t think so, Ian
When I have an image which I’m assessing for posting for viewing or not, I do
wonder if I’m going to be slated for blown highlights or blocked shadows. But
there are times when it’s part of the overall appeal.
It’s a matter of taste, how much white or black to have in your image.
Chris
On 30 Jan 2014, at 07:37, SwissPace <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> wouldn't that be killer feature?, If you could set the metering to not
> Blow highlights (adjustable by area as there may be a pinpoint light
> source) when in automagic mode OR you could select the emphasis of the
> metering to look after the shadows, or protect both i.e. the processor
> intelligently analyses the live histogram.
> IanW
>
> On 29/01/2014 20:44, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>> I've been busy so thanks for providing my answer before I got here.
>> Once I've used the camera for a while I can pretty well predict where
>> the histogram might lead me astray on ETTR but I'm far from always
>> perfect. That's where at least some of the value of shooting raw comes
>> from. Yes, I do (sometimes more than I like) have to recover
>> highlights. I sometimes (horror) even have some blown highlights I
>> can't recover. Ah, well, I'm not perfect (but I'm trying). I'll even
>>
>
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